Robert Burns - Life And Times

For more information and images about this video please visit Beneath is abridged text from our site: Robert Burns Scotland’s most famous poet is known by many names including: Rabbie Burns, The Ploughman Poet & The Bard. He was born January 25 1759, in Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The house he was born in still stands. It was built by his father William Burness a tenant farmer. His Burns’ mother, Agnes Broun, was a daughter of a tenant farmer.